Ted Williams by Sampson, Arthur - 1950

A.S.Barnes & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 180 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with blue lettering. Black and white photographic plates to front of book. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached, Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Stains and markings to some pages. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Slight staining and wear marks overall.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Barnes, New York, NY 1950. 180 pages. Moderate general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Sports::Baseball Biography 6041

A.S. Barnes, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 180 pages including many photos. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1950 as the published date. There is a price of $2.50 on the DJ flap. The dust jacket is about 99% intact with very light chipping on the spine edges, a couple of short, closed tears on the crease on the DJ flaps and a one-inch chip on the back next to the fore edge. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Barnes, NY, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Previous owner's inscription, lavish, in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Baseball; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1981. .

"TED WILLIAMS - A Biography of The Kid" by Arthur Sampson with its original dust jacket. 1950 1st edition; A.S. Barnes and Company; New York. The book features 16 pages of black & white photographs.From the dust jacket: "Twice winner of the Most Valuable Player award, generally acknowledged to be one of the great players of all time, Ted Williams is also one of the most controversial players in baseball history. It's a gripping human-interest story of intriguing character which uncovers countless interesting facts, never-before-revealed about baseball's most puzzling figure and offers an in=lustration of what can be accomplished by one who possesses enthusiasm, energy, industry and dogged persistence."Condition:Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with only some small foxing spots at the outer edge of pages 39-43. The front blank end paper has a light stain at the bottom-right corner. Overall the book is… Read More

New York: A. S. Barnes, 1950. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is the 1949 Most Valuable Player Award Series biography. Twice winner of the Most Valuable Player Award, generally acknowledged to be one of the greatest players of all time, Ted Williams is also one of the most controversial players in baseball history. It's a gripping human-interest story of intriguing character which uncovers countless facts, never-before-revealed about baseball's most puzzling figure and offers an illustration of what can be accomplished by one who possesses enthusiasm, energy, industry and dogged persistence. 180 pages. Red cloth with blue lettering. Illustrated with photographs. Two newspaper articles about Williams laid in. Front pastedown and fep browned because of newspaper, two small tears on bottom of DJ, slight chipping.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1950. 180 pp. Autographed in pencil. Fair condition. Boards slightly warped, worn and rubbed. This book is a part of the "Most Valuable Player Series" named after the award Williams received while playing for the Boston Red Sox of the American League in 1949. Williams is considered one of the greatest baseball players of any generation and is famously known for interrupting his hall of fame career to serve in the U.S. Navy and Marines during World War II. This copy features Ted Williams signature on the inside page. A great piece of baseball and U.S. history.

Part of the Barnes Most Valuable Player award series. Inscribed to Hazel Hill by Arthur Sampson and Ted Williams. Both the book and the dust jacket good plus in this 1950 first edition.